LITERATURA ESPAÑOLA

Based on reading and analysis of selected texts, this course aims to develop the student’s critical understanding of Spanish literature, from the beginning of the 20th century to the Spanish transition to democracy. The course focuses upon the different literary trends, the aesthetic conceptions and the expressive techniques that conform this literary panorama.

Expected learning outcomes:

Knowledge and understanding:

Students will be able to dentify and describe the trends, movements, authors and literary works of Spanish literature during the studied period.

Making judgement:

Students will be able to make a critical reading of academic texts and to express a critical judgement.

Comunication skills:

Students will be able to articulate central course concepts and express them, orally, in formal presentations or in clearly written and well-argued papers.

Learning skills:

Students will be able to further extend their knowledge, skills an undestanding through continued studies.

Lectures, seminars, videoconferences;

Divided into two modules, the course will be held in Spanish.

Module 1 will be centred both on the literary strains and tendencies and the most representative figures of peninsular Spanish contemporary literature. Throughout the course, students will read and analyze works of prose and poetry with a consideration of their cultural, social, historical and philosophical context.

The module explicitly addresses each of the following themes:

Tema 1: La crisis de fin de siglo y el tránsito al siglo XX

Tema 2: Novecentismo, Vanguardias y Grupo del 27

Tema 3: Rumbos de la poesía de 1936 a 1975

Tema 4: Avatares de la novela, de la posguerra al 1975

Tema 5: algunas calas en la literatura de la Transición a la actualidad.

Module 2 will be focused on the study of the genre of the dramatic monologue in 20th century Spanish poetry.

The materials that will be used in class, including the chosen extracts and bibliographical references, will be immediately made available through STUDIUM.

1. Textbook:

One of the following textbooks:

- Brown, G. G., Historia de la literatura española, vol. 6/1, El siglo XX (Del 98 a la Guerra Civil), Barcelona, Ariel, 2000, e Sanz Villanueva, S.. Historia de la literatura española, vol 6/2, El siglo XX. Literatura actual, Barcelona, Ariel, 2000. (The selected pages will be detailed in the Syllabus).

- Rico, F. (coord.), Historia y crítica de la literatura española, Barcelona, Crítica, 1980, volúmenes. 6, 7, 8, 9. (Le parti selezionate verranno indicate nella programmazione dettagliata del Syllabus).

- Profeti, M. G. (a cura di), L’età contemporanea della letteratura spagnola: il Novecento, Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 2001. (Le parti selezionate verranno indicate nella programmazione dettagliata del Syllabus).

2. Seminar bibliography:

- Langbaum, R., La poesía de la experiencia. El monólogo dramático en la tradición literaria moderna, Granada,, Comares, 1996.

- Pérez Parejo, R., «El monólogo dramático en la poesía española del XX: ficción y superación del sujeto lírico confesional del Romanticismo», in Espéculo. Revista de estudios literarios, n. 36, 2007, reperibile presso:

http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero36/monodram.html

- Thanoon, A. J., «Los requisitos formales del género del monólogo dramático», in Espéculo. Revista de estudios literarios, n. 41, 2009, reperibile presso:

http://www.ucm.es/info/especulo/numero41/monodram.html

3. Books:

M. de Unamuno, Niebla (1914);

R. del Valle-Inclán, Esperpento de los cuernos de don Friolera (1925), in Martes de Carnaval (1930);

C. J. Cela, La familia de Pascual Duarte (1942);

J. Rodríguez, A ninguna parte (1961).

4. Anthology of literary texts:

An anthology of poetic texts will be made available through STUDIUM.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied. For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).